Show overview
Podside Picnic has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 508 episodes. That works out to roughly 320 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 6 min and 1h 6m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 119 episodes published.
From the publisher
Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
Latest Episodes
View all 508 episodesThe Works of Vermin Preview
Another Talking Episode Preview
Holmes and Yoyo Preview
Bloodborne Preview
The Arrival Preview
Minnesota No ICE Preview
Podside Grab Bag Preview
Summer Wars Preview
Silksong Preview
Jacob from Worker's Lit podcast returns - this time to talk about Hollow Knight: Silksong.
The Minority Report Preview
Chris and I get together to talk about Phillip K. Dick's original novella and Steven Spielberg's lean, mean actioner that has managed to remain prescient 24 years later.
Rip Van Winkle Preview
This time we return to the oeuvre of U.S. mythologist and professional dinner guest, Washington Irving to talk about his most Goof-coded character: Rip Van Winkle
Another Beer-ish Run Preview
A bit more chatting about this and that. We even try to keep it vaguely SFF-related!
The Fall Preview
Ready to . . . fall into what appears to have been Tarsem Singh's passion project? That's right, we discuss The Fall (2006) and how beautiful a man Lee Pace is
Robot and Frank Preview
Join us for Robot and Frank (2012), a charming little film about loneliness, aging, and getting the robot gang together for one last job
Truman Show_preview
We talk about The Truman Show (1998) this time, and Peter Weir's amazing filmography and how Thomas Kincaid wished he'd grown up in Seahaven
Elektra Assassin Preview
This time, we discuss the Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz collaboration, Elektra: Assassin. It really does end up feeling like Fear and Loathing in the MCU.
Sinners Preview
We got together to talk about Ryan Coogler's blockbuster hit, Sinners (2025) before it got a billion nominations at the Oscars
Starman Preview
We return to the works of John Carpenter with Starman (1984), where an alien visitor incarnates as a pre-Dude Jeff Bridges for recently widowed Karen Allen and they go on a road trip
The Man Who Was Thursday
Enjoy your Sunday as we talk about The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
Surplus Carols (and Humbugs) Preview
You will be visited by three versions of the Dickens classic. Spoiler: A Muppet Christmas Carol is not one of them, but it haunts the ones we talk about like a lonely old miser on Xmas Eve